THE FOSSIL EVIDENCE

The fossils of birds and dinosaurs are commonly found buried in marine sediment with their spines arched backwards, their tails extended and their mouths open. This posture is called the Opisthotonic position. 

Experiments have found that when an animal dies and the brain ceases to control the animal’s muscles, the ligaments in the body begin to contract. The force of the ligaments then pull the spine of the animal backwards, forming the Opisthotonic posture. (Fig. 16).

Fig. 16. A skeleton of a Struthiomimus dinosaur in the Opisthotonic position.

The Opisthotonic posture has been observed to form most easily when the animal is left to float in water shortly after its death. The water removes the frictional effect that restrains the dead body when it is lying on the ground, and allows the body to move into the Opisthotonic position as the ligaments contract.

Every dinosaur which is found lying in the Opisthotonic position has been noted to be well preserved. This observation indicates that the burial of the animal was very rapid, and with an abundant supply of sediment and water. The encapsulation of the animal in sediment, took place before any scavenging animal could dismember the body and scatter the bones.

The Opisthotonic posture is found in fossils all over the surface of the earth, proving that the event that caused the death of these animals covered the entire planet, exactly as it is written in the Bible.

“FIFTEEN CUBITS UPWARD DID THE WATERS PREVAIL; AND THE MOUNTAINS WERE COVERED. AND ALL FLESH DIED THAT MOVED UPON THE EARTH, BOTH OF FOWL, AND OF CATTLE, AND OF BEAST, AND OF EVERY CREEPING THING THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH, AND EVERY MAN: ALL IN WHOSE NOSTRILS WAS THE BREATH OF LIFE, OF ALL THAT WAS IN THE DRY LAND, DIED.” (GENESIS 7:20-22). 

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